Perdido Street Station
- 710
- Pagina’s
- ongeveer 13 u
- Leestijd
- Arthur C. Clarke Award
- August Derleth Award
- NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books
- Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for Best Foreign Novel
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Over het boek
Perdido Street Station is a novel by British writer China Miéville, published in 2000 by Macmillan. It is the first in a series set in the fictional world of Bas-Lag, and is followed by the independent works The Scar and Iron Council. It is home to various intelligent races, a form of magic called "thaumaturgy," and a technological and scientific development consistent with the early capitalism of the Industrial Revolution. The novel is set in the city-state of New Crobuzon, a dystopian industrial metropolis characterized by social stratification, economic exploitation, and partial segregation. Xenophobia is rampant, and cruel corporal punishment magically transforms convicts into "remade," a despised class. The dictatorial government is in cahoots with big business and organized crime. The plot centers on the heroes' struggle against colossal winged monsters that threaten the existence of a densely populated city. The protagonist, dissident scientist Isaac Dan der Grimnebulin, seeks a way to destroy the monsters and save his lover, the artist Lin, a member of the beetle-headed khepri race, from a crime boss.
Leesvolgorde · Bas-Lag
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8,08,0 / 10 - The Scar
8,18,1 / 10 - Iron Council
7,67,6 / 10
Waar de score vandaan komt
De bronnen komen gemiddeld uit op 8,0 over 608 beoordelingen. Met zoveel beoordelingen weegt de stem van de lezers voor 80% mee en blijft de score op 8,0 — het Sciencefiction-gemiddelde van 7,8 verschuift hem nauwelijks.
| Bron | Gemiddelde | Beoordelingen | Gewicht |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7,9 | 24 | 4% |
| Google Books | 8,0 | 26 | 4% |
| Hardcover | 8,0 | 558 | 92% |
Stemmen van lezers
De populairste recensies op Hardcover (met naamsvermelding van de auteurs).
“I don't know how to to describe this as anything but average. Considering how thick this book is, I would have thought something would actually happen. At best though it ended up being a mess of random ideas thrown together without much care for forming…”
Veelgestelde vragen
Hoe lang is Perdido Street Station?
Het telt 710 pagina’s — langer dan 93% van de gerangschikte boeken in Sciencefiction.
In dit boek
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Dezelfde plank — Sciencefiction — met scores tussen 7,9 en 8,0, het dichtst bij dit boek.
